Improvement in ear-rings



'fr @ertoe IMPROVEMENT lN EAR-RINGS.

Speoilieation forming part of Letters Patent No. 188,323, dated Merch13, 1877 applieationled June 3,1576.

,'io all. whom Macy concern: stance oi' the ear will be pressed by oneinto lie it known that I, LOUISA 1L WEED, oi' the other. irooklyn, inthe county oi' Kings and Stute d indicates a spring, which may be of Uoi'New York, have `invented a newand vali'orm, and secured within andbetween the l noble lmprovement in lGa-r-ltingrs; and l do branches, insuch a manner as to draw the i hereby declare that the lollowinp; is al'ull, disks forcibly toward each other. "l clear, and exact descriptionol' the couslruclll desirable, the spring may be arranged tion andoperation oll the same, relerence beupon the outside ol' either or bothbranches i in;A had to the annexed drawings, making n. ol theelasp; orthese branches may be united port ol' this spccilication, and to theletters by a llexible and elastic connection. and ligures otrel'erencemarked thereon. ln the drawings, the branches are reprel `igurc l oi'the drawings is a representa! sented as being` pivoted together at n,this tion of a side viewtoi' my invention applied. point becoming afulcrum, whereby, when Vig. 2 is a l'ront view of the clasp. Fig. 3 isthe extensions or projectionsz ofthe branches n, sectional view. arepressed, thcirdisk ends will be opened forI l '.lhis invention hasrelation tc means for the admission o t'the ear. l

fastening ear-pendants in place; and it con- Sometimes one of the disksmay be prosisls in the construction and novel arrange# vided with a pin,to extend through the ear ment oi' the clasping branches, designed towhen it is bored, its end being receivedin embrace the lobe ci' the ear,and provided the other disk. l-Sut the fastening abovcdcwith disks orexpansions, which may or may scribed is designed to serve without thenenot have suction, to be applied to the ear, cessity oi' resorting tothe painful boring opand held thereto by spring action. i /erutiolt ltalso consists in the formation, in conncc- Sometimes a chain, 7c, isattached by a loop,

tion with the claspine arms or. branches, ol t, to the ear-clasp, andprovided at its other :i projection or projections, to ali'ord leverageend with a piu, 8, to be inserted in the hair as in opening the claspl'or the admission ol' the an additional security.

lobe ol thc ear, as hereinafter l'ully shown Sometimes a spring-hookKmay bc employed and described. instead oi' a pin. r ln the accompanyingdrawings, the letter 'Lhe clasp may be provided at its lower oud u.designates a drop or pendant, designed to with a spring-catch, c, towhich pendants or' be suspended lrom the ear, in the manner ol`dilierent character may be attached, as fash- 1 [Qc/f1 an ordinaryear-ring. b represents the clasp, ion may dictate, or the taste ot' thewearer consisting,` of two branches, c 0,'Whieh are may elect.

designed to lextend upward, one on each What l claim as new, and desireto secure side ot' the lobe ci the ear. At the ends of by LettersPatent, is

lhese branches are provided disks or expan l.. 1u an ear-clasp forear-rings, tbe com l vv other. cave laudmccnveteuipon their innersurfaces, 'lhose disks are designed to press immediand provided thereonwith a pad, to prealely on the llcsh et' the ear, and may be vent arrestof circulation, substantially as cushioned on their inner faces withgottaspecilied.

sions c olcircular lorm, and parallel to each pression -disks cmg,being, respectively, eon- Y pei-cha or other suitablematerial, i'orthepur- 2. An ear-clasp, consisting of two oppositel pose oi'preventilm,`an undue stoppage cil the branches, having;` springfconnection andlecirculation ol' the blood. ver projections or lugs z, l'or pressingthe ll' suction is desired, the opposing l'aees ol' branches apart,substantially as specilled. ihe disks may be made concave; but i'or.gen- 3. An car-clasp consisting ottavo branches, oral purposes it isdesigned to make one l'acc having sprilig-connection and chainattachconcave and the other convex, as the sott submeut L, substantiallyas specitied. mum A., W Y, l, A q N MMU ,Mm'ww .-r-1 r z 188,323

4. The curved branches c c, having comhereunto subscribed my name in thepresence p'ressiol-disk e e lat thcirl` upper ends, con of twowitnesses. snuctci as escr ed, an pivoted together ut their lower ends,and thedependiugr catch LOUISA A' WEED' lL'. s'] n, pivoted attheir;joint, combined and arf. Witnesses: ranged substantially asspcciiled. J. II. HAVENS ln testimony that; I claim the above 'I haveIilnivur W. FULLnn.

